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viperfish
08-09-2011, 03:14 AM
Check out the Black Snowflake!

http://www.orafarm.com/blog/2011/08/05/coming-soon-black-snowflakes/

Nebthet
08-09-2011, 04:48 AM
Those are basically the same thing as the smores that have been out for a while now.

Timbits
08-09-2011, 12:01 PM
OMG they finally did it! :biggrin::biggrin::biggrin: that is amazing

viperfish
08-09-2011, 12:47 PM
Those are basically the same thing as the smores that have been out for a while now.

I guess a Powder Blue Tang is "basically" the same as a Powder Brown in that case LOL! According to ORA they are all black with white markings, nether the Black Ice or Smores were completely black.

fishytime
08-09-2011, 03:19 PM
cool looking fish but I dont "get" why people pay $300 for one:noidea:

globaldesigns
08-09-2011, 03:25 PM
cool looking fish but I dont "get" why people pay $300 for one:noidea:

I agree

nc208082
08-09-2011, 03:30 PM
cool looking fish but I dont "get" why people pay $300 for one:noidea:

Because a lot of people like myself love the black clowns. And the rarer the pattern the better looking.

Myself bought a domino clownfish. I got him for 150 bucks. But in the past year I have only seen one other hobbyist with one. But I've seen about a million picassos and ordinary percs and ocellaris'. So you get what you pay for if you want beautiful. Original and exotic than order one of these. If you want a reg clown. Go visit big ALS.

fishytime
08-09-2011, 03:35 PM
I agree

to me its kinda like if you would cross a shih tzu with a poodle, call it a shitpoo and then charge $1500 for it.....its still a "mutt"!...... but hey, to each his own:wink:

lorenz0
08-09-2011, 04:00 PM
I want some designer clowns lol

but these just don't look overly to crazy

viperfish
08-09-2011, 04:51 PM
to me its kinda like if you would cross a shih tzu with a poodle, call it a shitpoo and then charge $1500 for it.....its still a "mutt"!...... but hey, to each his own:wink:

You have a point there Doug. Still a cool looking Clown though.

I guess it's no different than attaching freaky names to coral to get top dollar out of them. I mean really, Nightmare Palys? Blue Orgasm Zoas? And I don't know what the hell Darth Maul has to do with coral other than make them freakin' expensive! They obviously appeal to the Zoa/Paly enthusiast the way ORA is appealing to the Clown enthusiast.

noirsphynx
08-09-2011, 05:48 PM
That's my next clown:love:. I'm eagerly waiting for them to be released. I think it'll be a gorgeous match to my full snowflake.

Myka
08-09-2011, 06:20 PM
cool looking fish but I dont "get" why people pay $300 for one:noidea:

The reason is simple; some people like them enough to pay the asking price. Limited availability is what keeps captive bred "designers" at higher price points.

Wild caught fish usually have unique reasons for high price tags like inhabiting excessively deep waters or areas where permits are difficult to obtain. Some people like these fish enough that they are willing to pay $600 for a Black Tang, or $1200 for a Candy Basslet, or $20,000 for a Peppermint Angelfish.

albert_dao
08-09-2011, 06:30 PM
Like most things priced out of the average, the value is only arbitrarily absurd to the onlooker.

mayheim
08-10-2011, 07:10 PM
Yes have one with my standard orange coexisting happily in may carpet anenome pretty cool

mayheim
08-11-2011, 03:28 AM
I guess what I have is a smore...with that being said the dif between what I have and that pic are two spots on his white pattern. Pretty expense 300 dollar spot im my books

viperfish
08-11-2011, 03:34 AM
Houw much was your Smore?

mayheim
08-11-2011, 03:39 AM
paid 30 bucks includes GST

Timbits
08-11-2011, 09:43 PM
paid 30 bucks includes GST

did u get it from your LFS?